Drift #1 Coal

Drift Mining Company · Underground

Controlled by Smith Cynthia A

Drift, Floyd County, KY · Abandoned and Sealed

MSHA Mine ID: 1516592

MSHA record for Drift #1 (mine ID 1516592). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 1989–1990
Latest incident: Dec 1990

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 1 incident

December 13, 1990 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

Spurlock Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING AN ELECTRIC HAND GRINDER GOT GLOVE CAUGHT ON GRINDING WHEEL CAUSING IT TO TWIST MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

1989 · 1 incident

July 14, 1989 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Mentor Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

CUTTER CHAIN CAME OFF THE CUTTING MACHINE THE INJURED WAS HELPING TO REPAIR IT AND WAS DRIVING A STEEL PIN BACK IN THE CONNECTING LINKS OF THE CHAIN OF A SMALL PIECE OF THE PIN CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIS EYE.

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